Born on August 14th, 1966 in
Cleveland, Ohio. Parents are Jerome and Judith Berry. She also has an
older sister named Heidi.
Halle won the Miss Teen
All-American Beauty Pageant in 1985.
In 1986 she was the first
runner-up in the Miss America Beauty Pageant.
She worked during most of the
mid-1980's as a Model.
She began acting, and landed
a spot on a TV series entitled Living Dolls in 1989.
In 1991, she was given her
first movie role in Jungle Fever
Halle
Berry married baseball player David Justice in
early 1993. The marriage lasted until 2006
when they broke up, and the divorce was
finalized in 2007. She told interviewers that
she was very depressed due to the breakup.
In 1997
she was presented with the Acapulco Black Film Festival’s Career Achievement Award
BET
awarded her the Best Actress Award in 2000
Berry
married for a second time in 2001 to
Eric Benét. However, they separated in
2003 and divorced in 2005.
In
2001, she appeared nude for the film
Swordfish. After turning down many roles
where she would have to appear naked, she
finally relented due to the support of her then
husband
Eric Benét.
2002 was
a big year for awards when she won the
Bambi Award for International Film
Image Awards Entertainer of the Year
Women In Film Crystal Award
In
2004, she was awarded the
ShoWest Award for Female Star of the Year
She
won the Razzie Award for Worst Actress for her
portrayal in Catwoman in 2005. She is one
of only a few people to ever accept the award in
person -- but she accepted the award in good
humor (and with her Academy Award in the other
hand)
Halle
Berry began dating model Gabriel Aubry in 2005.
They had a daughter together in March 2008 named
Nahla Ariela Aubry. The couple split in
April 2010 -- and filed papers for joint custody
of their daughter.
She
was graced with a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame in 2007 (in front of the Kodak theater).
During a taping on the Tonight Show with Jay
Leno in October 2007, after looking at a
distorted picture of herself, she said "Here's
where I look like my Jewish cousin." The
comment was drowned out by a laugh track.
Esquire Magazine named her the "Sexiest Woman
Alive" in October 2008
The
film, Cloud Atlas, in which she stars, is
to be released in late 2012.
Actor
Olivier Martinez, whom Berry has been dating
since 2010, announced in March 2012 that they
were engaged to be married.
Throughout
her career she was in many movies and has won
and has been nominated for many awards over the
years. Some of these movies and awards
include:
Boomerang (1992)
MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (nominated)
MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female (nominated)
Queen
(1993)
Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie or
Mini-Series
The Flintstones (1994)
MTV Award for Most Desirable Female (nominated)
Solomon & Sheba (1995)
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series (nominated)
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture (nominated)
Executive Decision
(1996)
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress –
Adventure/Drama
B.A.P.S. (1997)
Acapulco Black Film Festival’s Black Film Award for Best Actress
(nominated)
The Wedding (1998)
Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie or
Mini-Series (nominated)
Bulworth (1998)
Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture
(nominated)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
(1999)
Black Reel Award for Network/Cable – Best Actress
Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Emmy Award for Made for TV Movie (nominated)
Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a
Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (nominated)
Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television
Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special
Screen Actor’s Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female
Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
X-Men (2000)
MTV Award for Best Onscreen Team (nominated)
Monster’s Ball (2001)
AFI Award for Actor of the Year, Female, Movies (nominated)
Academy Award (Oscar) for Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA’s Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading
Role
Berlin International Film Festival’s Silver Berlin Bear for Best
Actress
CFCA Award for Best Actress (nominated)
Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a
Motion Picture or a Motion Picture Made for Television (nominated)
MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance (nominated)
NBR Award for Best Actress
Screen Actor’s Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female
Actor in a Leading Role
Swordfish
(2001)
Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Die Another Day (2002)
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress (nominated)
Empire Award for Best Actress (nominated)
Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance (nominated)
Gothica (2003)
MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance (nominated)
Teen Choice Award for Movie Actress - Drama/Action Adventure
(nominated)
X2
(XMen) (2003)
Teen Choice Award for Movie Actress - Drama/Action Adventure
(nominated)
Catwoman (2004)
Razzie Award for Worst
Actress
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or
a Movie (nominated)
Frankie and Alice (2010)
PRISM Award for Best
Performance in a Feature Film
Nominated—Golden Globe Award
for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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